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Last week, the Gillard government attacked the Queensland LNP government of
Campbell Newman
after it released a discussion paper unveiling a raft of possible voting reforms, including whether voting should be a choice.

LNP senator
Barnaby Joyce
has also spoken out against changing the system.

Mrs Bishop said the discrepancy between some states where voters can choose to vote preferentially and the federal preferential system had led to a “great rise" of informal voting in federal elections.

“(Putting) a one or just allocating one preference is valid at state level for Queensland and NSW, but invalid federally," she told ABC radio.

“So to have an optional preferential vote means that you would increase the valid votes that are cast."